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Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company

Date:

ca. 1630

Object Number:

1885.5

Medium:

Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card

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"St. Nicholas Series Game of Snap" card game with 44 chromolithographed playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an alligator in a cage biting the skirt of a woman in a blue dress and hat; box cover inscribed, "ST. NICHOLAS SERIES/ GAME OF SNAP/ PUBLISHED BY/ J. OTTMANN LITH. CO. N.Y."

Credit Line:

The Liman Collection

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.